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Manifesto
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
After almost four years without a studio record, Roxy Music returned in March 1979 with Manifesto, the first recording since Siren in 1975. Bryan Ferry designed the cover together with fashion designer Antony Price: a group of shop-window mannequins, with a typeface and a title that go back to the first issue of Wyndham Lewis's magazine Blast. On the LP the first side was called East Side and the second West Side.
The sound moves towards the American radio of the time. Trash was the first single. Dance Away took on a disco colouring and reached number two in England, one of the group's biggest hits. Angel Eyes was re-recorded, more electronic than the power-pop version on the LP. Critics were positive, although they found it less strong than earlier work. Robert Christgau called it not the most innovative, but the most listenable, with a relaxed, funky groove on the West Side.
Listening
Track list
- 1Manifesto5:29Apple Music ↗
- 2Trash2:14Apple Music ↗
- 3Angel Eyes (1979 Version)3:32Apple Music ↗
- 4Still Falls the Rain4:14Apple Music ↗
- 5Stronger Through the Years6:16Apple Music ↗
- 6Ain't That So5:40Apple Music ↗
- 7My Little Girl3:18Apple Music ↗
- 8Dance Away3:48Apple Music ↗
- 9Cry, Cry, Cry2:56Apple Music ↗
- 10Spin Me Round5:15Apple Music ↗
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